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claimed the Messiah And is it from such a' man that Spain is to hope for liberty, regeneration, laws, and the sure enjoyment of her Catholic faith ? " Spaniards, be resolute! Your cause is that of all nations and all men. From the frozen shores of • the Baltic to the btirning•coast of Guinea, vews are offered up to GOD for your prosperity end - ,the suc cess of your armies. The eyes of thei.taiveie are turned tOwards'the West of ,Etkrope. All nations, all the individuals of the lumen species, who either are in chains, or are threatened by the universal op pressor, await their deliverance from the happy ter mination of the majestic confliet which a magnani mous people is carrying on 'against the Moil - detest- - able of tytants,,for its glory, its religion, its security, and its good King. "Do not n.fear his strength. His armies,. are composed of a thousand different nations, all impa tient of his yoke, all longing for their ancient Con- Stitution and the GovernmentS he' has destroyed. Do •you, perhaps, fancy that the French people • themselves are really -satisfied with their political situation ? No, Spaniards. All honourable' French: men groan in secret, and blush on reficaling that the fruit of a bloody revolution, the result of so many changes of government, of the dethronement of the Bounaort dyna3ty, of the destruEtion of the Nobility and Priesthood, has only been to ere& thrones for five . obscure' strangers, and raise the satellities of despotism from insignificence and wretchedness to the rank of Princes and Dukes; to substitute in the place of the respeelable -Ministers of the' ancient Gaiiician Church, Bishops and C urates w h o are salaried by the Usurper, and who in return preach blind and implicit. obedience to his will, singing hymns of praise in the Temple of Gob when his inieuitis prosper ; and finally to change a culti vated, gentle, generous, and sociable people 'into bandati and pitmderers, who fulfil the es.eCrahle tommands of BUONAPARTE by acts of robbery, ra vage, and extermination. " If he has hitherto been almost every where prosperous—if fortune and victory have always ac companied his enterprises, it is because he has known how to sow distrust and dissatistaCtion bet wo.'eti go- - vernments acd nations—becauSe 'he la. - I, ; .fought • against „Icings, and never agaiivt a people;,; Our si tuation Is very ditferent : 'he does not :now eresent himself as a faithful ally, who conies to reform the weak and fatal aclniinistiatiOn of CHAKI,E IV. and to drive from the Ministry a detested individual ; but he comes as a perfidious enemy, who, violating the sacred laws of hospitality, robs us of our' beloved Monarch,-and seeks to subjugate us by violence and frzyd, who pretends to restore youth to an ancient and feeble nation by the singular aid of an army of assassins, commanded by a barbarous chiefaEalled a Prince, and of a King whoni• lie offers it:so:A:the Na poleon race. " Spaniards, recoile& what he said lately to. the Poles--,-‘,4 nation If 8,000,000 inhatitanls,whicli re sakes to he free, is in no dan4;er of being enslaved.' Profit, tor once, by his instrunion: Let us spew the world that the power of iyranny is nothing opposed to a million of men in defence Dfrtheit liberty and honour. . . . . . . " 'But that our exertions should be 'crowned with success, it is of the, first importance, next to the as sistance of the Almighty, that the ptovinces'shoutd unite, that their plans should be concreted together, and all their measures in harmony with each other. No one province is able alone to deltver itself from the yoke which the tyrant is on all sid.s en(ileavour jog to impose upon it. All united, with constancy in adversity,- should adverse events occur, zeal and good order in prosperity, must, in the end, confiner, and their glory will remain eternally with the me mory of their triumphs. We are all Spaniards. The sacred name of Spain ought to be the signal for uniting the wishes Of us all. Whe n th e c ommon welfare of our c oun t ry i 3 at issue, let there. be no difference between Galician ant! Valencian, Canta brian and Andalusian. We . are all merqiie, of .one great family : let us a ll ta k e up arms fori4ar,King FERDINAND, our religion, laws, and honour. Our cause is one; let our minds be one; one plan, atid one defence, and common our dangers and our sidories. It is certain that, at present, the provinces are perfectly united in the Objett in which their hope's are concentrated, and that if some of them have not yet raised the standard, it is because they are under the power •of France, oppressed, and without the liberty of either armi n g' th emse l ve S or expressing a free sentiment. Yet there is still wanting a centre' of union, a supreme authority, whose voice, is heark ened to and ob e yed i n a ll t h e provinces;to whose counsels general plans of attack, defence, and lie gociation may be decided: A Lieutenant-General of the kingdom is necessary; who, io the absence of the -Monarch, may 'exercise a military dictatorship in Spain, as long as French Soldier, ate in our terri tory, and be obeyed by all of Us who bear arms for the King, and who live •on Spanish greiund, 4 !le Captain• General of Arragon has already invited the Cities to send Deputies to 'Teruel, or some other spot adapted to this most important eleaion. This concerti becomes more urgent every day, from the danger of separate attacks from the enemy, which is his grand project. Let the de6ion of a Lieute-, Dant-General be the objert of the first deliberation in alt the towns which declare themselves against the oppressor of the world.• On this depends the unity. of Spain, and the maintenance of the necessary rela tions of this great whole ; and while the representa tives oldie nation assemble, let good Patriots lay be fore the public articles of a Constitution, which may secure to .the generous Spanish people the independ, once of their Sovereign, their 'own citgojty, : their auguit religion, their honour, and their sacted , rights, which have hitherto brew the sport of despotism, and the prey of its satellites," this systena.might be preserved, let the place be in stantly abandoiird.for a time. In . aid of this plan, the removal of arms, ammu nition, and provisions, to new depots, should al ways precede every retrograde motion of the armies, where the bare possibiiity of such an event is con templated. This would be effeeted with extraordi nary facility, because every individual is devoted to the common cause. Every aid would be voluntary, and men, women, horses, and carriages, would take the burden from the soldiers. At the same time, the /dismay that usually accompanies such transfers would no longer exist where the system is known. Above all, the Spanish Ships of War, and the French .Squadion, should be so situated as to be wholly independent and unshackled, lest the inha bitants of the ports where they are stationed should be taken by surprise, and terrified into the deten tion or surrender of them, by being placed in'the cruel situation of hostages on'the approach of a ra pacious and sanguinary foe. • The importance of obtaining possession of the port of Cadiz, for instance, would be enhanced ex . tremely in the enemy's estimation, by. the proba bility of regaining his ships, and tbus.there would bean additional and powerful motive for occupying, at all hazards, a place, the loss .of which would be infinitely more disastrous to Spain, than its posses sion would be beneficial to . the enemy. Upon the same principle it would be expedient to relieve the nation front the ,incumbrance of its prisoners when practicable ~which would remove anxiety in the event of the enemy's approach, re lease the guard, and reduce the consumption of; provisions. • The temporary occupation of the . Island of Mi noica 'by a British gairison, and making it a gene ral depot to meet every emergency, would be - a mea surei~l,lydesirably and reciprocally advantageous to troth nations. Here their navies would be per , tealy secure, and hence a chain of communication and a combined system of naval and military opera 119LIS around the whole coast of the peninsula would be established; the whole remote and permanent bearings of which would be the fortress of Gibraltar and the Island of Minorca. Into these it should be the business of England to pour store, ammuni tion, and provisions, naval and military, and to establish lio•pitals upon an extensive scale. At these stations that part of our army which might happen to be unoccupied, would form corps of re serve and observation, prepared to support the Pa triots, and to surprise the enemy, with the greatest promptitude and effeet, along a vast extent of coast, by which nJeani he would 'be kept in a constant state of alaym, and be under .the necessity of weak ening his main bodies, by making his detachments much' more numerous than the nature of particular services' bright require. In short, the desultory me naces of a military torte so situated, would produce 'effects far surpassing its numerical importance.— Add to this, that should a diversion in another quar ter `(ltaly tor instance) be expedient, this arrange. ment is well .calculated to facilit a t e i t , an d t h ere are other events within the bounds of possibility, which might render the measure still more itn portaut. • MAILS. ARervzo--1 Dublin, 3 %V.iterforti. Due-1 Gotteriburgh, WatertOrd. SacdTION OF SPAIN. In the present critical siination of the Spanish xiation, it would surely be politic to place the.most valuable objects of her Oppressor's ambition, which are in their nature susceOble of local Change, be yond the possibility of beizure . Or surreutler, and to Inuk forward with firmness to a lung arduous and sanguinary contest, marked 4) . many diS4strous re verses. Thus, the national attention would be un eMbarrassed and direded to one grand universal oh jet, namely, its ultimate safety. To this must be sacrificed every particular, every local consideration, an ,-4 if in submitti ng to t h e temporary occupation of • a - to-wn or a &stria by the enemy, the integrity of THE SU N. SOLEM QUIZ DICIMS IFALSUM ? L 0 ND 0 IV, TIIUItSDAY, SErTEDIREIt 22, 1808. The following Note was this Morning left at the Office of this Paper; but we do not know from whom. it comes, or the authoriryfrom tence the statement it contains is derived. We give it to our Readers as we received it . " A letter is said -to have reached town from an Officer in Sir JAMES SAUMAISEZ'S Squadron, Statiug, that on his jun6tion , with Sir SAMUEL Hoop, at Bal tic Port, the detachments of Royal Marines from the British Squadron were landed on the Island, at' its entrance, where the Russians had taken post and ereCied heavy batteries; that after . a most severe Action with the enemy (u ho were far superior in numbers) our brave fellows succeeded in dislodging them; a part of the Russians surrendering, and others escaped in boats to their ships. At the time the let ter was sent off, our men were re-embarking on board their ships, which being etfeaed, it was the 1 gallant 'Admiral's intention i mme di ate l y to enter the 3 port, and give the enemy battle. The writer adds, "pf the result no doubt could be entertained." Our . loss in this service is stated to be very great, as our Marines had to sustain a tremendous fire of grape and musquetry, before a landing could he effeeled." No intelligence of this nature has been received I at the Admiralty. A French Sloop, laden with wheat, from St. Matoes, bound to Brest, was captured on the 15th inst. near the Isle of Bas, by the antest Gun-brig, and has beenabrought into Plymouth. Major DALRYMiLE sailed On 'Tuesday from Plymouth, oh board the Bon Citoyen Sloop of War, on bis return to the Army in Portugal. Several Tiansports from 1-145wich, having on board the 76th, 59th, 43d, and part of the 95th Regi ments, remained iu the Downs yesterday. We have so . freely expressed our sentiments re speding the Convention at Lisbon, and have so earnestly recommended a liberal suspension of the public judgment on the conduct of the parties con cerned in it; till we shall .hear - what they have to say in their defence ) that nothing further on our part seernQ at present to be necessary. We cannot; however, read without strong feelings of indignation the attacks which are every day made upon Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, v:,liose chara&er stands so deservedly high in public estimation, grounded , upon his known talents, his attainments, and his eminent services. If the Convention should, upon a rigorous investigation,- be found to deserve all the - Odium that has been cast upon `it, it is surely but fair in the mean time to give so gallant and so skilful an Officer credit for an involuntary submission to imperious necessity. As Sir ARTHUR has manifested great wisdom and knowledge as a Statesman, a well as in his military capacity, the public have an. addi tional reason for reje6ling all arguments and opinions tending to prejudication - , - relative to the conduft of such a .distinguished individual, who, since:he "; . first attraeled the notice of his Country, has justly been considered as one of its brightest_ orna tdents. to the unfortutiate-ba,iness in question, it must be observed, that while he was his own mas-. ter he acted most nobly. •It was only when he be- Came aubjeLci to others that his condual appeared to be changed, and in that situation he had only to obey. To have aled otherwise would have been setting an example of insubotdination, inconsistent with his own duty, and the good order, the. safety, and the honour. of the service. -- Ministerg have determined to do their duty, and for this purpose it is said that Sir WILLIAM SCOTT is a&ually gone to Lisbon, in - order to investigate the matter, and determine the point upon the spot. No man existing is more pro foundly acquainted with the Law of ,Nations, and upon no man's judgment and integrity on such a question can Europe.more safely rely for an equit able decision on this important subjea, The Junta of Seville sortie ,time since recom mended the printing and dissemination of patriotic Papers,_ for the purpose of keeping up the spirit of the People. One of these, which is admirably well .adapted to its purpose, will be found in another ph' of our Paper. The,murdez of the Duke D'ENGIIIEN has not escaped the notice of the Writer ; and. were all the crimes of BUONAPARTE pressed in this man ner upon the attention of the People of the gond nent, there can be little doubt that an universal sen timent of abhorrence would soon have a, powerful etre& in driving him from his usurped Throne. Yesterday, at twelve o'cloot, Fits MAJESTY ar • rived from Windsor at the Queen's Palace, where he was received by their Royal Highnesses the .Dukes of Yottx, KENT, and CUMEERLAND. At two o'clock His' MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by The. Duke of Portland, the Earl of Chatham, the Earl of Camden, Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Chetwynd, Lord Hawkesbury, Lord Mtilgrave, Lord Heathtield, Lord Charles :Spencer, and Mr. Villiers (Groom in Waiting); Captain Halsted, Sir Stephen Cotterell, Mr. Perceval, Mr. rawkner, and Mr. Ryder. , The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : Viscount Chetwynd ; and Captain Halsted, on his arrival from the Tagus.' HIS MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council; which was attended :by the Duke of POLLTLANb", dad the rest of the Cabinet Ministers; when Mr. ItYbElli the. Judge Advocate, laid before His MAJESTY'the proceetlicgs of several Courts Martial. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with his Grace the duke of PORTLAND. Yesterday his Royal Higliness.the Duke of CoNt- BEItiAND left' town for Windsor, on a visit to their MAIESTIES. The D uke •of PoETLAND, aye` a grand Cabinet 0 dinner yesterday at Rurlington House, which was attended by the Earls of CAMDEN, CHATHAM,• and WESTMORLAND Lords MULGRAVE, HAWKESEDRY . , and CASTLEREAGH ; and Mr. CANNING. Yesterday morning, the parties desirous of bidding for the First Lottery for the year 1808 waited , 'upon! the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, pursuant to. notice, to give in 'their proposals. The - Late - Ty, as before-mentioned, is to consist of 20,000 tickets, to be drawn in tour equal drawings of 5 000 tickets each day, with an interval of not less than two days be tween each day of drawing, and the whole to con cludeby the 31-st of December. The bidcliogs were as follow : Messrs. Cope and Co. -- Richardson, Swift, a n d C o. - 17 9 9 ltish and Co. - - 17 7 6 Hensley, Puller, and Co. - 16 16 9 Walsh and Nesbitt - - 16 to o Shewell and Co. . 16 7 9 The days of payment have been already stated. A Gentleman is arrived from Paris, which he left a few days ago.—lt was generally believed that MAS , SENA would have the chief command of the army in Spain, if his health would permit him. BVONA-. PARTE and he were shooting the other day near St. Cloud, Whet] BUONAPARTE fired his gun so : close to MASSENA as to do considerable injury to his eye. It is apprehended that he will lose the sight of it. In the mean time Marshal NE? has been dispatched to Spain. Within the last month, between .30 and 40,000 cavalry have passed thrOugh Paris. • The report of an attempt having lately been made upon the life of BERNADOTTE seems confirmed. He was at Flinsburgh at the time. HisAid-de-cam4 was standing close to him, and seeing the dagger raised, threw himself forward to save the General, and re ceit:ed the weapon in his body—He died instantly. A second blow was aimed at BERNADOTTE—he par ried.it with his hand, and the dagger went through his hand and entered his breat, but npt - deeply.; He is DOW recovered. Immediately after thin at- tempt upon the General, an Arret was issued, gugd-! ing the people against crediting or circulating rel ports of a sinister nature.. Lord RENbLOSHAM, at the time of his decease, was accompanied by Lotus XVIII. and the Earl of CkitTliA The Seville Gazette of ,the 16th ult. contaigg 36 '• account of various articles of clothing presented 1 the Junta, for the use of the Patriotic Army, by the Nuns and other Ladies, and some of the Corpora tions of the, place. The grand total is 4735 shirts, 3168 pantaloons, and i 507 coats, adapted for private soldiers; tooi shirts, 312 pair of pantaloons, And ZOO coats, for serjeants ; besides 1774 pair of gaiters, and 1084 cockad es . Th e value of the who l e is estimated at 34,486 reals.. Letters from Montreal state, that as, the boat; of the Michilimacinac Company - were coasting near take Ontario, in May last, they were tired ,npoa bf the Americans, their cargoes were seized, on *O 7O ground- of being contraband, and the ineti,. turn adrift by a Revenue Officer ailing under the l Arner . can Government. O n thi s tha being represented t• the American Government by Mr. &s l u m? , the British Ambassador, the goods were ordered to be 'restored, on condition tlot the Proprietors shod(' give security to.abide the issue-of t trial; • The Queen of FRAVCR sr.; DU ' OlieSS of ANOWP LEME bare been at Gosfiein for sore w tune past. where they receive but litte meet ing between the Duches• aid tier fathei-in-law, MONSIEUR, was one of the r - lost .414 ting scenes that can possibly be imAgined ; lad norlvenler for noiirly twenty years, during ryiiich •period shc" had experienced almost every ryiigery ; they held each other long in their embraces, but Could-rat speak, a'nd even now they dare not tr z:l ! thei;ostvc 6 , to converse together but tzpon top i cs,' : 11 . 1 .IPuthess's favourite AThid of fionoar'is:Madernoisella 'CLARY, daughter of Monsieur CLARY, who aitendid . the unfortunate Louts XVI. to the last hour ahis ; life, and who gave the' atieetirig narrative -Of the' transactions in the temple: The Datchess often. employs herself in .working embroidery ; -in .which work she very much excels: she had worked four' beautiful chairs, ~wtliCh were very much admired by her father-in-law ; she thei6fore sent them to Lop' don, and had them made up in the best manner possible ; and, when became upon a .visit to London , she had them plac e d i n hi s d ressing -room. Th i s mark of attention was very sensibly felt by her t 5 _titer, as her mind does not often dwell upon woridlY trifles. The • interesting Monsieur CLARY is now a r -Vienna: - Yesterday, the Loth MAYOR, Sheriffs and Other City Officers, went in state to Christ Church, New 'gate-street; where a Sermon was preached before them and the Governors of Christ's Hospital, by the Rev.Mr.GILLY ; after which they heard two of the eldest scholars of th excellent seminary deliver OW tions—the one in Latin by Mr. T. DALL, and the other in English by Mr. T. GILLY. • On Saturday last J. BENJAFIELn, Esq. was sworn .a Burgess of the Counnon Council of Bury St. =tut's, conformable to his eleaion on the 24th of ,June last ; the, case in dispute having 'been laid be' fore some of the most eminent Council, who unani" mously coincided with the opinion of the present Recorder of the Borough, that the said eleaiou was valid ; and that a majority of the Burgesses present constituted the legal eleclors in all vacancies, with' out any distintion or precedence as to the Separate bodies of which the Corporation is composed. • Monday, being the day appointed for the eleetiq of a Mayor for. the Citrot Rochester, to slz.;Lee w J. Simmorsis„ BAKER and WALTER PitE7- 4 ° Esqrs. Were put in nomination ; when a stroll; contest ensued, which lasted nearly the whole of the day, and was' at last, _decided in favour of PaENTIS, Esq. who, was accordingly returned as duly eleaed. • - ' The American Ship -Galen, ST EDNIAN,, has, hce° taken by a Danish Privateer,. but released on Par: went of costs and 200 rix-dollars, and promising no!" to proceed to' St. Petersbnrgh, but return in ballast, When he sailed, however,. on Aug. 23, he itutte; diately stood for the English Ships off Raae, and sailed the same evening for the Baltic; tinder conticl of a Cutter. Friday night the herring fishery commenced in the bay of Galway, in which the numerous boats elli ployed were uncommonly successful, each having taken from 3000 to 2000, which self at from IL .9 t gd. to I. bs. per th ousan d. Th ey are in general of a small size.. -• Monday.Sthinight General TA RLETON, Governo r of Berwick, arrived there to review the Gatrison.aa,t inspea the Fortifications, and - also to suri - e,V the waste lands. belonging to the Crown 'in that. Gar "1, A cucumber, ptoduced in the open air, withelt a. any artificial heat, was gathered at Oviligharn) on Sattirday sennight, .L 6 inches in length, and 9 iri girth. There is now giowing in.the garden of Mr. J. ii.. Wiles, at Chesterton, a peach of . uncommon' dimensions. ;-is circumference; when measurel parallel to the plane of the wall, is di inches; in a transverse ,diredion, it is ietnewhat less. • its weight, of course, has not )et been ascertained . ; Upon the same treelhere are several others of great size and. beauty . , but which, by !cation .of their proximity to the one above deticribed. - hai'e not ob • tained their full share of notice. REMARKABLE QCCURRENCE.—Mr. Adam French/ wine -merchant, Leith,. being shooting upon the lands of Colonel.Colbrooke, in the parish of Craw' fordjohn, and county of Lanark, his pointer dog having stopped short, and, making a remarkable noise; attra6ted his attention, and going up to the spot, was astonished to 'see a large adder in the act of swallowing a lark; being half treated in the air , be fired at it, and after. blowing its head entirely Oa, it measured no less than 35 inches in length. . Madame CATALANI'S last performance in Dublin was to be this evening, for KELtY ' S benefit. She, was expthed to take her departure for . Cork tomor row morning, where she is announced to perforto next Tuesday. YOUNG went to Brighton when the Haymarket season. ended. He Performed Oaaviun there on Saturday last with great success. BANNISTER had arrived, with what he calls his Budget, and was t° submit its whimsical contents to the town on Mon day evening. The Rev. CALEB ROCKET, A.M. Prebendary of Wells, is collated to the living of 'Weston Zoylanci;- in: the County of Somerset, on t h e presentat i on the Lord Bishop of BATH and WELLS. Married, at the Collegiate Church, by the SAMUEL HALL, JOHN RAlL''' ON, Esq. to . MAO , , only daughter ofJERENrrAkt Ebq• Parkfield, near Mancheste